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What should I title my novel?
I'm thirteen years old, female, and writing my first novel. The problem is, I can't pick a title.
Here is the plot: I go to a place called Camp Stevens during the summer, and I get to stay there for a week. At Camp Stevens, I meet a truly amazing boy named Daniel, and I fall in love with him. I don't want him to know that I like him, however, so I try to keep it a secret. We become very close during that week at camp. On the very last day of the week, Daniel tells me that he likes me. I am very happy, and I hug him and tell him that I like him too. But then he gets on the bus and leaves me forever, and I don't have time to get his phone number. The story ends with me watching him drive away, knowing that I will never see him again.
Any suggestions for a title? I'd appreciate any ideas. Thank you!
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Hi Hon. First of all I want to commend you for putting your creative abilities into action by writing. For myself, the more I write, the more self realizations I have made. So it is a wonderful growth potential and process.
I too have had times where I could not think of a title for a book. I would wait until I got totally done writing it. Let it sit a month, go back and read and realize there were parts that were awkward that I wanted to change. Quite often I find when reading a novel that there isn't any reference in the story to the title until I get through 3/4 of the book and then the title is mentioned just once. What i am trying to say is that it could be something so seemingly insignificant like the two of you each taking bites from the same apple and you title your book "A bite of apple". The apple doesn't clue a potential reader in as to what the novel is about. Its mentioned only once and is not what the story is about.
So really, the decision is up to you and it will be easier to do once it is all written. How will you know when one chapter ends and the next starts. Will you name your chapters too as to what its about? That can wait til later unless you have some inspiration that hits you.
Good luck!
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